Chinese Style Lettuce with Seafood

The first time I tried the
western style vegetable salad was when I went to Germany for a business trip in 2002. I
noticed that vegetable was served freshly, just mixed with some cream
or olive oil. It felt bit odd because in China vegetables are usually cooked,
except during the summer time, we may have cucumber or tomato salad. My Chinese
colleague said the way when we were eating vegetable salad looked like a rabbit (eating
grass:-)

After staying in
western
country for almost ten years, I start to realize the benefit of eating
raw
vegetables. It is simple, fresh and healthy. But I am not sure about the
taste, besides the salad dressing normally has high calories. So
I tried to make some healthy salad but with some Chinese taste.

In this recipe, light soy sauce is slightly salty plus bit
sweetness, which makes a good combination with lettuce and seafood.

Although this is not a traditional chinese food
recipe (because in China we would stir fry but not eat it as salad), I still feel it has the taste of
China.

Ingredient:

lettuce

small red radishes

seafood sticks

another option: cooked prawns

1 tsp sesame oil

1 tsp peanut or vegetable oil

1-2 tsp light soy sauce

Steps:

Wash the lettuce and cut

Cut the radish into half, add to lettuce

Hand shred the seafood sticks into small slices,
add to lettuce

Mix the ingredients of dressing

Add the dressing into the lettuce and radish

Mix all ingredients and done

Tips:

For best result, it is better to use light soy sauce because dark soy sauce
will cover the vegetable’s natural colour.

Hope
you will like this easy Chinese recipe and feel free to share with others who may interest in cooking Chinese food.